Dr John Pockett |
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| Position: | Adjunct Senior Research Fellow |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment | |
| School/Unit: | Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies | |
| Campus: | Mawson Lakes Campus | |
| Office: | J2-02B | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 23568 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 23380 | |
| Email: | John_dot_Pockett_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/John.Pockett | |
John has had a broad career mainly in industrial R&D, process/product improvements and data analysis across a range of industries, leading-edge technologies and working across engineering & scientific disciplines. He has worked in areas such as paint, medical equipment, electronics, ophthalmic, laser, printing, photovoltaics, electrophotography and biofuels. He has had practical experience in independent research. Innovations have led, amongst other things, to patentable IP and IP utilised as Trade Secrets. He has been employed in organisations such as Dulux, Optische Industrie, Philips, SOLA Optical, Research Labs of Aust, Adelaide University, Uni of SA, Flinders Uni, and carried out consultancy work in John Pockett & Associates. His original BSc in Physics and Maths was suplemented in recent years by a PhD in Materials Science (Polymers) on a parttime/fulltime basis whilst continuing with his consultancy work.
Professional associations
Australian Institute of Physics - Fellow
Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Chartered Chemist
Joint Chemical Engineering Committee - Deputy Chair
Qualifications
PhD Applied Science - Uni of SA 2004
BSc Physics & Maths - Monash Uni 1967
Research interests
- Retrofitted Hybrid Vehicles
- Phase Change Materials
- Radiative Cooling
- Biofuels
- Thermal conductivity/insulation in buildings
Research publications
'Method and apparatus for electronically printing on a substrate without a conductive around plane utilizing a donor roller for applying toner'
US Patent 6,011,569 Filed 1997 and Australian & European versions of the patent.
Pockett, J. (2004) 'Crystallinity In Linear Polyamides: A Study Using Melt Blending With Small-Molecule Diluents'
Uni of SA Thesis.
Pockett, J, Matisons, J & Whittaker, A, (2001), 'Melt Complexion of Some Aliphatic Polyamides',
24th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Beechworth Victoria, Australia, C4/6.
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | CHEMECA 2010 |
| Section: | Organising committee |
| Comments: | CHEMECA 2010 is one of an annual conference series hosted jointly by the Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia (IChemE), Engineers Australia (EA), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the Society of Chemical Engineers New Zealand (SCENZ). It is to be held in Adelaide in 2010. |
| Organisation Name: | Innovation Initiative |
| Level of involvement: | Member, |
| Year from: | 2008 |
| Year to: | 2009 |
| Comments: | Member of the Innovation Initiative advisory group convened by Mr Glen Weir of the South Australian Government's Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) to look at innovation within the SA State Government. |
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